diff --git a/breathe/directives.py b/breathe/directives.py
index a0734c43..97d5394e 100644
--- a/breathe/directives.py
+++ b/breathe/directives.py
@@ -590,6 +590,7 @@ def setup(app: Sphinx) -> None:
     app.add_config_value("breathe_doxygen_config_options", {}, True)
     app.add_config_value("breathe_use_project_refids", False, "env")
     app.add_config_value("breathe_order_parameters_first", False, 'env')
+    app.add_config_value("breathe_separate_member_pages", False, 'env')
 
     breathe_css = "breathe.css"
     if (os.path.exists(os.path.join(app.confdir, "_static", breathe_css))):
diff --git a/breathe/renderer/sphinxrenderer.py b/breathe/renderer/sphinxrenderer.py
index b49fec65..16f17d7c 100644
--- a/breathe/renderer/sphinxrenderer.py
+++ b/breathe/renderer/sphinxrenderer.py
@@ -431,7 +431,33 @@ def set_context(self, context: RenderContext) -> None:
         if self.context.domain == '':
             self.context.domain = self.get_domain()
 
+    # XXX: fix broken links in XML generated by Doxygen when
+    # SEPARATE_MEMBER_PAGES is set to YES; this function should be
+    # harmless when SEPARATE_MEMBER_PAGES is NO!
+    def _fixup_separate_member_pages(self, refid: str) -> str:
+        if refid:
+            parts = refid.rsplit("_", 1)
+            if len(parts) == 2 and parts[1].startswith("1"):
+                anchorid = parts[1][1:]
+                if len(anchorid) in set([33, 34]) and parts[0].endswith(anchorid):
+                    return parts[0][:-len(anchorid)] + parts[1]
+                elif len(anchorid) > 34:
+                    index = 0
+                    if anchorid.startswith('gg'):
+                        index = 1
+                        _len = 35
+                    elif anchorid.startswith('g'):
+                        _len = 34
+                    else:
+                        _len = 33
+                    if parts[0].endswith(anchorid[index:_len]):
+                        return parts[0][:-(_len - index)] + parts[1]
+
+        return refid
+
     def get_refid(self, refid: str) -> str:
+        if self.app.config.breathe_separate_member_pages:  # type: ignore
+            refid = self._fixup_separate_member_pages(refid)
         if self.app.config.breathe_use_project_refids:  # type: ignore
             return "%s%s" % (self.project_info.name(), refid)
         else:
diff --git a/documentation/source/directives.rst b/documentation/source/directives.rst
index 04ad186a..b7344007 100644
--- a/documentation/source/directives.rst
+++ b/documentation/source/directives.rst
@@ -537,3 +537,11 @@ Config Values
    documentation should be placed immediately after the brief and detailed description
    or at the end, after the returns, remarks and warnings section. Default value and
    also the legacy behavior is False.
+
+.. confval:: breathe_separate_member_pages
+
+   True or False setting to control if the input XML generated by Doxygen had the
+   Doxygen SEPARATE_MEMBER_PAGES option set to YES or NO. The Doxygen option defaults
+   to NO which generates a XML that allows Breathe to resolve all references. When set
+   to YES the refid/id of elements get an extra element which Breathe tries to get rid
+   off when this setting is True.